David Thacker (born 21 December 1950) is an English

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

. He is married to the actress

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Education

Thacker studied at the

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Theatre

Thacker was the artistic director at the

Octagon Theatre Bolton The Octagon Theatre is a producing theatre located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Programme The Octagon produces eight or nine professional theatre productions each year in its Main Auditorium. Productions come from a wide range of t ...

until July 2015, when he stepped down to become the first Professor of Theatre at

University of Bolton , established = 2004 – gained University Status 1982 – Bolton Institute of Higher Education , type = Public , endowment = £160,000 (2009) , administrative_staff = 700+ , chancellor ...

. He will continue as associate director, directing two productions per year, until 2018.Degree of difference for Bolton
British Theatre Guide, sourced 3 January 2017 He has directed over 100 theatre productions including plays by William Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Tennessee Williams, Tom Stoppard and Eugene O'Neill.

Background

Thacker has worked at eight producing theatres including the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

(Director-in-Residence), the

Young Vic The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 201 ...

(Director), the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster (Theatre Director), and the National Theatre. Seven of his productions have transferred to the West End. He has won

Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...

s for Best Director (''Pericles'') and Best Revival (''Pericles'') and the London Fringe Award for Best Director (''Ghosts'') and Best Production (''

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'').

Television

Thacker has directed more than 30 TV productions, including episodes of '' The Vice'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Waking the Dead''. He has also directed films, such as ''

Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the ''First Folio'' of 1623. The play's plot features its ...

'', ''

A Doll's House ''A Doll's House'' (Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having bee ...

'', ''Broken Glass'', ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' and ''Faith'', a film for the BBC set in the

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References

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* 1950 births Living people Laurence Olivier Award winners English theatre directors {{theat-director-stub